Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care

An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care for would-be parents in the state and raising complex legal questions with implications extending far beyond Alabama. On Tuesday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House …

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How Do Doctors Feel About Assisted Dying?

Public attitudes to assisted dying appear to be changing, but what do doctors think? If there’s a change in the law, it will be doctors who are prescribing or administering life-ending medication. Professor Aneez Esmail Dr Aneez Esmail is a Royal College of GPs council member. He has 30 years of experience as a …

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Contraceptive Counseling: Providers Need More Training, Experts Say

A wider group of providers need to be trained on how to counsel patients regarding contraceptive care, Cynthia Harper, PhD, said Tuesday during a webinar on issues around contraceptive access sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine. “It is super important to be training a broader set of health providers in primary care — …

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I Tried Ear Seed Acupressure For Lower Back Pain

Ear seeding is the more than 2,000-year-old practice of sticking seeds from the Vaccaria plant onto specific points on the inside and outside of your ears. Today, most practitioners use tiny metal beads attached to adhesive stickers. The Chinese medicine treatment, formally known as auricular acupressure, is basically acupuncture without the needles: a plus, …

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Chat: Ask Tom Sietsema your dining out questions

Thanks for joining my every-Wednesday-at-11 a.m. dining discussion. I’m here to answer your restaurant-related questions and solve your dining dilemmas, like how to best switch tables in the middle of a meal or what to do if the server doesn’t pour all the contents of a bottle of wine. Got an etiquette question? Want …

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